Quotes of Romain Rolland - somelinesforyou

“ If a man is to shed the light of the sun upon other men, he must first of all have it within himself. ”

- Romain Rolland

“ Discussion is impossible with someone who claims not to seek the truth, but already to possess it. ”

- Romain Rolland

“ But perhaps there are in us forces other than mind and heart, other even than the senses mysterious forces which take hold of us in the moments when the others are asleep; and perhaps it was such forces that Melchior had found in the depths of those pale eyes which had looked at him so timidly one evening when he had accosted the girl on the bank of the river, and had sat down beside her in the reeds without knowing why and had given her his hand. ”

- Romain Rolland

“ Wrong or right, he would never again for anything in the world have recourse to a priest. He admitted that these men were his superiors in intelligence or by reason of their sacred calling; but in argument there is neither superiority, nor inferiority, nor title, nor age, nor name; nothing is of worth but truth, before which all men are equal. ”

- Romain Rolland

“ But perhaps there are in us forces other than mind and heart, other even than the senses mysterious forces which take hold of us in the moments when the others are asleep; and perhaps it was such forces that Melchior had found in the depths of those pale eyes which had looked at him so timidly one evening when he had accosted the girl on the bank of the river, and had sat down beside her in the reeds without knowing why and had given her his hand. ”

- Romain Rolland

“ If a man is to shed the light of the sun upon other men, he must first of all have it within himself. ”

- Romain Rolland

“ If a man is to shed the light of the sun upon other men, he must first of all have it within himself. ”

- Romain Rolland

“ The greatest book is not the one whose message engraves itself on the brain, as a telegraphic message engraves itself on the tickertape, but the one whose vital impact opens up other viewpoints, and from writer to reader spreads the fire that is fed by the various essences, until it becomes a vast conflagration leaping from forest to forest. ”

- Romain Rolland

“ The greatest book is not the one whose message engraves itself on the brain, as a telegraphic message engraves itself on the tickertape, but the one whose vital impact opens up other viewpoints, and from writer to reader spreads the fire that is fed by the various essences, until it becomes a vast conflagration leaping from forest to forest. ”

- Romain Rolland

“ The artist is the compass which, through the raging of the storm, points steadily to the north. ”

- Romain Rolland

“ Let us seek truth everywhere; let us cull it wherever we can find its blossom or its seed. Having found the seed let us scatter it to the winds of heaven. Whenever it may come, whithersoever it may blow, it will be able to germinate. ”

- Romain Rolland

“ I know at last what distinguishes man from animals; financial worries. ”

- Romain Rolland

“ Let us seek truth everywhere; let us cull it wherever we can find its blossom or its seed. Having found the seed let us scatter it to the winds of heaven. Whenever it may come, whithersoever it may blow, it will be able to germinate. ”

- Romain Rolland

“ A hero is a man who does what he can. ”

- Romain Rolland

“ Let us seek truth everywhere; let us cull it wherever we can find its blossom or its seed. Having found the seed let us scatter it to the winds of heaven. Whenever it may come, whithersoever it may blow, it will be able to germinate. ”

- Romain Rolland

“ I know at last what distinguishes man from animals; financial worries. ”

- Romain Rolland

“ A hero is one who does what he can. The others don't. ”

- Romain Rolland

“ Leave your theories. All theories, you see, even those of virtue, are bad, foolish, mischievous. ”

- Romain Rolland

“ To a man whose mind is free there is something even more intolerable in the sufferings of animals than in the sufferings of man. For with the latter it is at least admitted that suffering is evil and that the man who causes it is a criminal. But thousands of animals are uselessly butchered every day without a shadow of remorse… ”

- Romain Rolland

“ A hero is one who does what he can. The others don't. ”

- Romain Rolland

“ A hero is a man who does what he can. ”

- Romain Rolland

“ A hero is one who does what he can. The others don't. ”

- Romain Rolland

“ A hero is a man who does what he can. ”

- Romain Rolland

“ The greatest book is not the one whose message engraves itself on the brain - but the one whose vital impact opens up other viewpoints, and from writer to reader spreads the fire that is fed by the various essences, until it becomes a vast conflagration leaping from forest to forest. ”

- Romain Rolland

“ Let us seek truth everywhere; let us cull it wherever we can find its blossom or its seed. Having found the seed let us scatter it to the winds of heaven. Whenever it may come, whithersoever it may blow, it will be able to germinate. ”

- Romain Rolland

“ A hero is one who does what he can. The others don't. ”

- Romain Rolland

“ A hero is a man who does what he can. ”

- Romain Rolland

“ I find war detestable but those who praise it without participating in it even more so. ”

- Romain Rolland

“ Be reverent before the dawning day. Do not think of what will be in a year, or in ten years. Think of to-day. ”

- Romain Rolland

“ Be reverent towards each day. Love it, respect it, do not sully it, do not hinder it from coming to flower. ”

- Romain Rolland
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